- File:TelephonePatentDrawingBell.jpg
Alexander Graham Bell s Telephone Patent Drawing, 03 07 1876. Bell s telephone was the first apparatus to transmit human speech via machine. His work culminated in one of the most profitable and contested of all 19th century patents. From the National Archives. NARA image PD US patent ... more details
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- Operation Bushmaster
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 Operation Bushmaster was the use of infantry units to supplement Military Police patrols of areas surrounding the Panama Canal and other American installations in Panama during the period of tension that culminated in the Operation Just Cause US Invasion of Panama . These patrols began in December 1987 as a response to increased criminal activity during the period before the American invasion. coord missing Category Military operations involving the United States US mil operation stub ... more details
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- Dorin Park School
Dorin Park Special School is a specialist school for disabled children aged 2 19 years of age, based in Upton by Chester , Cheshire . The school was opened in 1977. In September 2008, building work culminated on a new Community Resource Centre, which was later officially opened in 2010 by Everton FC captain Phil Neville . External links http clc2.uniservity.com Grouphomepage.asp?GroupId 63961 Dorin Park School coord 53.2135 2.8868 type edu region GB display title Category Schools in Cheshire Cheshire school stub ... more details
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- Albanian Urban Lyric Song
The Albanian Urban Lyric Song is a musical tradition of Music of Albania Albania that started in the 18th century and culminated in the 1930s. ref name Ko o2004 harvnb Ko o 2004 p ix ref References reflist Sources citation last Ko o first Eno title Albanian urban lyric song in the 1930s url http books.google.com books?id oWL2ZKPimKEC&pg PA252 year 2004 publisher Scarecrow Press isbn 978 0 8108 4890 0 Category Albanian music ... more details
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- Extremadura campaign
Campaignbox Spanish Civil War The Extremadura campaign was a campaign in Extremadura , Spain during the Spanish Civil War . It culminated in the Battle of Badajoz in August 1936, from which the troops of the Army of Africa under the command of Francisco Franco moved quickly to begin the march to Madrid. References Reflist Category Battles of the Spanish Civil War Category 1936 in Spain Category Conflicts in 1936 Spain stub es Campa a de Extremadura fr Campagne d Estr madure ... more details
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- Camaret Bay
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Camaret Bay is a small bay on the north coast of Brittany administrative region Brittany , France . In 1694 it was the site of the battle of Camaret , a naval action between French and England English forces, which culminated in a disastrous amphibious landing by the English as part of an attempt to seize the nearby port of Brest, France Brest . See also Camaret sur Mer Attack on Brest Coord 48 17 10 N 4 34 50 W type waterbody region FR display title Category Bays of France Category Finist re Category Geography of Brittany Finist re geo stub fr Baie de Camaret nn Camaretbukta ... more details
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- Bristol and Bath Tennis Club
The Bristol and Bath Tennis Club was founded in 1985 in sport 1985 by a small group of enthusiasts with the aim of providing a real tennis facility for people in Bristol , Bath, Somerset Bath , and adjacent areas in the southwest of England. Their efforts culminated in the construction of a new real tennis court situated on Clifton College s Beggar Bush Playing Fields during 1997. Since then several hundred players have sampled the game for the first time, and the club has an established membership approaching 350. External links http www.bbtc.org.uk Bristol and Bath Tennis Club website Category Real tennis venues Category Sport in Bath, Somerset Category Sport in Bristol Category Sports clubs established in 1985 ... more details
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- Pagan reaction in Poland
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 The Pagan reaction in Poland was a series of events in the Kingdom of Poland 1025 1138 Kingdom of Poland of the 1030s that culminated in a popular uprising. It was caused by dissatifaction with the economic situation and with the process of Christianization. See also People s uprising in Poland Slavic mythology DEFAULTSORT Pagan Reaction In Poland Category 11th century in Poland Category History of Poland 966 1385 Category 1030s conflicts Christianity stub Poland hist stub pl Reakcja poga ska ru uk ... more details
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- 1575 in Ireland
YearInIrelandNav 1575 Events Francis Drake later victor over the Spanish Armada , then in the pay of the Walter Devereux, 1st Earl of Essex Earl of Essex participated in a naval expedition that culminated in the massacre of 500 MacDonnell clans people in a surprise raid on Rathlin Island . ref Harry Kelsey, http www.oxforddnb.com view article 8022 Drake, Sir Francis 1540 1596 , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , Oxford University Press, Sept 2004 online edn, May 2007. Retrieved 8 November 2007. ref References reflist Category 1570s in Ireland Category Years of the 16th century in Ireland Ireland hist stub ... more details
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- SGI IRIS 4D
The SGI IRIS 4D series was a line of workstations from Silicon Graphics built in the late 1980s through mid 1990s. They were the first SGI workstations to use the MIPS architecture . The line culminated with the SGI Crimson Crimson which was produced until 1997. SGI computer timeline External links http www.sgistuff.net hardware systems professional.html Professional Iris http www.sgistuff.net hardware systems personal.html Personal Iris http www.sgistuff.net hardware systems powerseries.html PowerSeries http www.sgistuff.net hardware systems crimson.html Crimson Category SGI workstations IRIS 4D compu hardware stub ... more details
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- Roger Williams University (Nashville, Tennessee)
Roger Williams University in Nashville, Tennessee was an historically black institution of higher learning. It was created in 1866 as an educational facility for newly freed slave s. It was affiliated with the Home Mission Society American Baptist denomination. In 1929, it became involved in mergers that eventually culminated in the formation of LeMoyne Owen College . coord missing Tennessee Category Educational institutions established in 1866 Category Educational institutions disestablished in 1929 Category Universities and colleges in Tennessee Category Historically black universities and colleges in the United States Category Universities and colleges in Nashville, Tennessee Category LeMoyne Owen College Tennessee school stub US hist stub ... more details
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- File:Turkish Howitzer outside the Victoria Barracks, Melbourne.jpg
Copy to Wikimedia Commons priority true Summary Information Description Turkish Howitzer displayed outside Victoria Barracks, Melbourne, Australia. A plaque alongside the gun reads Turkish 5.9 Inch Howitzer captured on 8th November 1917 by the Australian Mounted Division near Huj during the offensive against the Gaza Beersheba Line which culminated in the occupation of Jerusalem . Source I, Daniel Leahy, created this work entirely by myself. Date 2005 03 06 Author User PacificGhost Daniel Leahy other versions Licensing self cc by sa 3.0 GFDL migration redundant ... more details
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- Social unrest in Trinidad and Tobago
Use British English date November 2011 Use dmy dates date November 2011 Unreferenced date July 2009 Social unrest in Trinidad and Tobago Social unrest has shaped the development of Trinidad and Tobago since the middle of the 19th century. Attempts by the United Kingdom British colonial government to crack down on the celebration of Carnival sparked the Canboulay Riots in 1881 and 1884. Attempts to control the celebration of Aashurah Hosay by the India n population culminated in the Hosay Riots in 1884. In the early 20th century, the 1903 water riots Water riots culminated in the destruction of the The Red House Trinidad and Tobago Red House http www.ttparliament.org html seatofpar.htm , the seat of government, by a mob of protestors. In response to poor working conditions and inadequate pay, the British West Indian labour unrest of 1934 1939 Labour riots of 1937 shook Trinidad and led to the birth of the trade union movement. Labour problems again resulted in unrest in 1965. The rise of the Black Power movement late in the 1960s culminated in the 1970 Black Power Revolution which threatened the government of Prime Minister Eric Williams . In 1975 there was labour unrest when the major unions representing oil workers and sugar workers marched in San Fernando and were met by brutal police resistance. This became known as Bloody Tuesday . Further unrest in the 1970s had little lasting impact. The economic downturn following the end of the oil boom saw the People s National Movement losing power after 30 unbroken years in government. Austerity measures introduced by the new National Alliance for Reconstruction government led to a series of protests by labour and social groups. One of these groups, the Islamist Jamaat al Muslimeen staged an attempted coup d tat in July 1990. DEFAULTSORT Social Unrest In Trinidad And Tobago Category Politics of Trinidad and Tobago Category Riots and civil disorder in Trinidad and Tobago ... more details
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- First Congress of Rastatt
unreferenced date October 2008 At the First Congress of Rastatt , which was opened in November 1713, negotiations were carried on between France and Austria for the purpose of ending the War of the Spanish Succession . These culminated in the Treaty of Rastatt signed on 7 March 1714. It joined the more significant Treaty of Utrecht which made a peace between Philip V of Spain Philip V and France on one side, and Kingdom of Great Britain Britain , the Dutch Republic United Provinces , and the Duchy of Savoy on the other. Category 1713 in France Congress of Rastatt 1713 Category Diplomatic conferences in France Congress of Rastatt 1713 Category 18th century diplomatic conferences Congress of Rastatt 1713 Category 1713 in international relations Category 1714 in international relations Austria hist stub France hist stub da F rste kongres i Rastatt de Rastatter Friede nn Den f rste Rastatt kongressen ... more details
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- Aer Lualdi
Unreferenced date December 2009 Aer Lualdi & C SpA was an Italy Italian aircraft manufacturer helicopter manufacturer founded in Rome in 1953 in aviation 1953 by Carlo Lualdi , who had purchased a licence to produce a Hiller designed Helicopter rotor rotor system the Hiller Rotor Matic . Carlo Lualdi had previously used this rotor system in his experimental Lualdi Tassotti ES 53 and with his new company now built a succession of more powerful helicopters incorporating the Rotor Matic system with a gyro stabiliser of his own design. The Aer Lualdi L.55 L.55 and Aer Lualdi L.57 L.57 culminated in the Aer Lualdi L.59 L.59 which was selected for production by Macchi , but cancelled. Aer Lualdi ceased to exist by 1964 in aviation 1964 . Aviation lists Category Defunct aircraft manufacturers of Italy Category Defunct helicopter manufacturers fr Aer Lualdi it Aer Lualdi ... more details
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- Kragujevac Wild Boars
about an American football team the animal Wild Boar The Kragujevac Wild Boars are an American football team from Kragujevac , Serbia . As a team, Wild Boars arose from friendly tossing on the field. Organized play began in the winter of 2002 03 and culminated with first ever game in Serbia in spring 2003, in which they beat Vukovi Beograd . Since then, Wild Boars have won five national championships 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2010, and participated in the final of the Serbian Cup in 2005. In 2011, they will compete in the final of the EFAF Cup against the London Blitz American football London Blitz . External links http www.wildboars.org.rs Official site Category American football teams in Serbia Category Sport in Kragujevac Amfoot team stub ... more details
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- Puffer Volpe
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date November 2006 Unsourced image removed Image Puffervolpe.jpg frame Puffer Volpe circa 1959 Puffer Volpe was a beat poet . His poetry has appeared in magazines, but he has never published a book of poetry. His brief notoriety in 1961 centered around his claim to have had a brief homosexual encounter with Allen Ginsberg . Capitalizing on this minor success, he later claimed, with less veracity, to have had a long term relationship with William S. Burroughs . This culminated in a famous series of letters to Rolling Stone in which Burroughs denied the allegation and Volpe retaliated by criticizing Burroughs s spelling of the word jism , which Burroughs insisted on writing jissom . Quoth Volpe, Well, then, why not jisholme if we re going to just spell it however we like? Lame, man. Lame. DEFAULTSORT Volpe, Puffer Category Beat Generation writers Poet stub ... more details
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- Eurostand 98
Image EuroStandLogo.png right 250px Eurostand was a campaign among Europe an football soccer football supporters in 1998. The background was a UEFA ban on standing in the terraces. The campaign was started by Br ndby IF supporters. The campaign culminated in September that year, when supporter groups around Europe decided to sit down and keep quiet for the first half of a game involving their favourite team. The purpose was to show the difference between a standing crowd and a sedentary one. The campaign had little success, although many fans did keep quiet. It appears unlikely the current ban on standing on the terraces will be lifted in the foreseeable future. The all seater restoration of European football grounds followed in the wake of the Hillsborough disaster in 1989. External links http www.eurostand08.com Eurostand 2008 Category 1998 in association football Category Association football supporters associations soccer stub sv Eurostand 98 ... more details
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- Federal Government Academy, Suleja
Orphan date February 2009 The Federal Government Academy , also known as Suleja Academy , founded in 1982 by the Federal Government under the Ibrahim Babangida Babangida regime, is a Nigeria n High school secondary school . History In 1982, the Nigerian Federal Government set up a committee to brainstorm on the education of gifted children . Four years later in 1986, Jubril Aminu , then Minister of Education established the Gifted Education Programme which culminated in what came to be known as Suleja Academy. Federal Government Academy now known as FEDACAD is a school which has produced a lot of bright students who have made the nation proud. The school takes part in Cowbell Mathematics competition, junior and senior category and they win trophies and prizes. External links http www.sulejaacademy.com Federal Government Academy Alumni coord missing Nigeria Category Secondary schools in Nigeria Nigeria school stub ... more details
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- Gay Rights Working Party
Gay Rights Working Party was a working party committee of the Greater London Council GLC , between 1981 and 1986 when the GLC was abolished . The working party was formed in 1976 to investigate gay issues in London . Its work culminated in the publication of Changing the world a London charter for gay and lesbian rights. The party was particularly concerned with employment rights and police attitudes, and liaised with gay groups throughout the capital. One of the important point of its activity was the forming of the Gay London Police Monitoring Group in 1982. External links http www.aim25.ac.uk cats 1 3229.htm Gay Rights Working Party in The British Library of Political and Economic Science LGBT stub London stub LGBT topics in the United Kingdom Category Defunct LGBT organisations in the United Kingdom Category Greater London Council Category 1981 establishments in England Category 1986 disestablishments de Gay Rights Working Party ... more details
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- Paddy Doherty (activist)
BLP sources date March 2008 Patrick Paddy Doherty born 1926 is a former Activism activist in Derry , Northern Ireland . As vice chairman of the Derry Citizens Defence Association Doherty played a major role in the events of August 1969 which culminated in the Battle of the Bogside , and was a leading figure in Free Derry in the years following its establishment. External links http www.irishresistancebooks.com reviews bogdays.htm Review of Paddy Bogside , by Paddy Doherty & Peter Hegarty Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Doherty, Paddy ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1926 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Doherty, Paddy Category 1926 births Category Living people Category People from Derry Category People of The Troubles Northern Ireland NI bio stub ... more details
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- Mongol invasion of East Asia
Mongol invasion of East Asia may refer to Mongol conquests East Asia Mongol conquests of East Asia , general information about Mongol conquests Mongol invasion of Central Asia , from 1206 1221, Genghis Khan s armies expanded the Mongol Empire after the unification of the Mongol Turkic tribes. This period was considered to end with the conquering of the Khwarizmian Empire. Mongol invasion of China , lasting six decades, culminated with the fall of the Chinese Song Dynasty in 1276 Mongol invasions of Japan , unsuccessful attempts by Kublai Khan in 1274 and 1281 to invade Japan Mongol invasions of Korea , a series of campaigns by the Mongol Empire against Korea, then known as Goryeo, from 1231 to 1270 Mongol invasions of Vietnam , three major campaigns between 1257 and 1288 disambiguation ... more details
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- Compromise of Avranches
The Compromise of Avranches in 1172 marked the reconciliation of Henry II of England with the Catholic Church after the Becket controversy from 1163, which culminated with the murder in 1170 of Thomas Becket . ref W. L. Warren, Henry II 2000 , p. 531. ref Henry was purged of any guilt in Becket s murder, and swore to go on crusade. He agreed to allow appeals to the papacy in Rome, and to eliminate all customs to which the Church objected. He also agreed that the secular courts had no jurisdiction over the clergy, with the exceptions of high treason, highway robbery and arson the Benefit of Clergy provision in English law. Citation needed date June 2008 In return, the king managed to secure good relations with the papacy at a time when he faced rebellions from his sons. References reflist Category 1172 in England Category History of Roman Catholicism in England Category 12th century in England history stub ... more details
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- Naserligan
Notability date March 2009 Naserligan Naser Gang , named after the leader Naser Dzeljilji , is a criminal gang in Sweden . It is primarily active in the Gothenburg area and has members of Albanians Albanian ethnicity. The criminal activities of the gang includes drug trafficking , gambling and protection racket ing. Several persons in the gang are sentenced for murder and other crimes. Several members are also suspected of armed robbery , Extortion and fraud and are wanted by Interpol . The gang was 2001 involved in a violent conflict against another gang, Original Gangsters gang Original Gangsters , and it is believed that ethnical overtones added to the conflict. The fight was about the control of the illegal gambling market in Gothenburg and later culminated with an open gunfight in a public bathing place in G teborg. References http articles.latimes.com 2006 dec 10 world fg mafia10 2 LA Times Midnight sun has a dark side Category Gangs in Sweden sv Naserligan ... more details
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- North American Toyota-Denso Oza
The North American Toyota Denso Cup World Go Oza was a relatively new world go championship. Held as a biennial event in even numbered years starting in 2002, the tournament ran as 32 player knockout event that culminated in a best of three final match. Since the second running of the event, the sponsors invited North America to send two representatives to the world championship tournament. As of June 16, 2009, the Nihon Ki in has confirmed that the Toyota & Denso Cup World Go Oza has been canceled by the sponsors. Past winners class wikitable Player Years Held Feng Yun Go Feng Yun East Coast 2004, 2006 Mingjiu Jiang West Coast 2004, 2006, 2008 Huiren Yang 2003 Li Jie go player Jie Li East Coast 2008 Category Go competitions ... more details
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